August 4, 499 Earthquake: Jiangsu Province, China
An earthquake struck Jiangsu Province, China on August 4, 499.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 4, 499
- Place
- Jiangsu Province, China
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.100° N, 118.800° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
August 4, 499, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 32.1 N, 118.8 E, intensity VI. The tremor hit Nanjing. Many small houses were destroyed. (reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 1037, Taichou, Jiangsu Province, China
- July 9, 1979, Liyang, Jiangsu Province, China
- August 16, 1372, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
- July 19, 1928, Sichuan Province, China
- July 20, 2012, Jiangsu Province, China
- January 3, 1930, Jiangsu Province, China
- April 22, 1974, Jiangsu Province, China
- October 30, 1868, Anhui Province, China
- December 16, 1679, Jiangsu Province, China
- October 999, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- November 18, 1829, Anhui Province, China
- July 294, Shouxian, Anhui Province, China
- January 1531, Jiangsu Province, China
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 8090.